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Sakamoto Ryoma's favorite sword
(Katana)Enryushi-Kunihide
坂本龍馬の愛刀
刀 圓龍子国秀

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PaperNBTHK Hozon token Paper
CountrySagami(相模国)
PeriodLate Edo period（江戸時代後期）19th century
Blade Length86.6cm|34 3/32in
Curve(Sori)3.0cm|1 3/16in
Top Width
(Sakihaba)		2.6cm|1 1/32in
Bottom Width
(Motohaba)		3.6cm|1 27/64in
Bottom Thickness
(Motokasane)		0.7cm|9/32in
Top Thickness
(Sakikasane)		0.5cm|13/64in
KeijoShinogidzukuri, iorimune, sori fukaku, ōkissaki.
KitaeItame ni, komoku o shikirini majie, ha-yori nado sōtai ni masake-majiri, hada-me ga tachi,jinie-tsuki,chi kei futoku hairi, tetsuiro kuromi ga karu
HamonChōji midare ni guno me o majiete, konie yoku tsuki, sōtai ni sunagashi komayaka ni kakari, nioikuchi shizumu
BoushiNo tarekomi, Komaru ni kaeru
NakagoUbu,saki-Haagari kurijiri,Hole 1
AccessoriesSyu-urushi saya katana koshirae,Gin kise niju Habaki.
DetailsTachibana En Ryushi Kunihide was a disciple of Nakayama Ichisai Yoshihiro and went by the name En Ryushi. It was first made around the Tenpo period as a craftsman for the Itakura family of the Annaka domain in Ueno Province, and the inscriptions from that time include ``Ryuko Tachibana, Joshu Annaka Jumien'' and ``Kunihide Tachibana,'' ``Tachibanaen Ryushi.'' Later, he moved to Kamakura, Sagami Province, where his works by Kaei, Ansei, Bunkyu, etc. can be seen, and are labeled as ``Sōshu Kamakura Sumikuni Shusaku'' and ``Sōshu Kamakura Sumikuni Kunisaku.'' One of his disciples was Yoshihide Tachibana Enryuuji, the grandson of his master Yoshihiro Ichisai and the son of Yoshikatsu Nagashima of Mito. The reason why Kunihide was entrusted with the training of his grandson by his master was probably because he highly valued Kunihide's skill and trusted him. It is a well-known story that Ryoma Sakamoto at the end of the Edo period had Mutsu no kami Yoshiyuki as his personal sword, but in 1966, he entered the Hokushin Ittō-ryu Chiba Sadakichi dojo in Edo, and towards the end of his training, he ordered the sword A sword with a blade length of 2 shaku, 6 sun, and 6 minutes (80.6 cm) that has the inscriptions ``Kunihide, resident of Kamakura, Soshu,'' and ``Kaei 7 years, 8 months,'' still exists. This sword was later exchanged for the sword of Kenta Hirose, a comrade in the Tosa Kinnoto party. At that time, it was popular among Tosa domain samurai to refer to a long sword called ``Tosa Nagato.'' This work is a long sword measuring 2 shaku, 8 cm, and 5 minutes long, and the vermilion lacquered scabbard is truly a Tosa long sword.
立花圓龍子国秀は、中山一貫斎義弘の門人にして、圓龍子と号す。初め、天保頃には上野国安中藩の板倉家の抱え工として作刀し、その頃の銘文は「上州安中住円竜子立花国秀」「橘円龍子国秀造」などと銘す。のちに、相模国鎌倉に移り、嘉永、安政、文久などの年紀作がみられ、「相州鎌倉住国秀作」「相州鎌倉住橘国秀作」などと銘す。弟子に、師：一貫斎義弘の孫で、水戸の長島義勝の子である立花円竜氏義秀がいる。師から孫の育成を任されたのは、国秀の技倆を余程に高く評価し、信頼されていたためであろうか。幕末の坂本龍馬が陸奥守吉行を佩刀としていたことはあまりに有名な話であるが、他に嘉永6年、江戸の北辰一刀流千葉定吉道場に入門し、その修行が終わる頃に注文した「相州鎌倉住国秀」「嘉永七歳八月日」の銘文のある刃長：二尺六寸六分 (80.6cm)の刀が現存している。この刀は、のちに土佐勤王党の同志、弘瀬健太の刀と交換している。当時の土佐藩士の間では、「土佐の長刀」とよばれる、長い刀を指すことが流行していた。本作は2尺８寸5分もある長い刀で朱漆塗鞘は正に土佐の長刀と言える一品ある。
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